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87: Jo-Ná Williams, Entertainment Attorney Discusses Protecting Your Work and Rising to the Top

2015/4/8
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Today’s guest is a professional musician turned entertainment attorney and business coach. Jo-Ná Williams is the founder and CEO of J.A. Williams Law firm which helps artists, content creators and entertainers navigate legal and intellectual property matters.  In addition to her legal practice, Jo-Ná runs the Artist Empowerment Group, which she established to empower artists to take charge of their careers and advise them on branding and marketing. Some of her clients have written best-selling books, created award-winning blogs, been nominated for Grammys and hit the Billboard Top 100 and iTunes Top Album Charts. Prior to venturing out on her own, she served as a legal clerk for a New-York based entertainment law firm and did pro bono work for the Arts in Massachusetts where she worked on intellectual property and entertainment law matters for low-income artists.